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Okazu ReviewsOkazu ReviewsYuri anime and manga reviews, information and events of interest to yuri and shoujoai fans by Erica Friedman, founder of Yuricon, a celebration of shoujoai and yuri in anime and manga. 
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Yuri Manga: Junsui Adolescence, Volume 1
2009-03-20 02:52:00 In Junsui Adolescence (純水アドレッセンス,) Volume 1, we meet Nanao, a high school student. She doesn't seem to be particularly special in any way. Decent student, head of the club that assists with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga , Yuri
Yuri Manga: Burst Angel, Volme 2 (English)
2009-03-19 03:09:00 Burst Angel , Volume 2 is a classic case of "be careful what you wish for." When I first read this volume in Japanese, I was touched by the tender and genuine relationship between Jo and Meg, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga , English , Burst , Yuri
Two Totally un-Yuri Things (Maybe Three)
2009-03-16 18:46:00 So, I really should review something today, but I'm not going to. Instead, here is my non-Yuri news report: I am pleased, proud and amused to announce that I was able to write a Guest Review for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Things
Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel: Souer Audition, Part 5 (
2009-03-15 16:00:00 Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel Part V The Crucial Battle Section 1 Well, she didn't have very high expectations. Having appeared at the meeting place at the appointed hour,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Notes , Light Novel , Audition
Yuri News This Week - March 14, 2009
2009-03-14 21:49:00 Happy ? Day! Yuri Events You are invited to join Rica Takashima, J.D. Glass, Althea Keaton, Jessie B. and the cast and crew for a Yuri Mongatari 6 for a Launch Party on April 18th, 2009 at the Rare... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: News , Ichigo Mashimaro , Week , March
Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel: Souer Audition, Part 4
2009-03-13 21:06:00 Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel Section 3 "We thank you for coming today. For this meeting, the Lillian Kawaraban composed the invitations. Though we're the one's that want... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Notes , Part , Light Novel , Audition
Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel: Souer Audition, Part 3
2009-03-11 21:03:00 Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel Section 3 "Does Yumi-san have any connection with this Touko-chan thing?" As everyone was returning, Shimako-san and Noriko nonchalantly split... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Notes , Part , Part 3 , Light Novel
Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel: Souer Audition, Intro an
2009-03-10 20:18:00 Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel Translated by Rei and Sukoshi Edited by Erica Friedman Intro duction: Note from Rei: We hope you enjoyed reading Soeur Audition as much we enjoyed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Notes , Light Novel
Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel: Souer Audition, Part 2
2009-03-10 20:16:00 Notes on the Twentieth Maria-sama ga Miteru Novel Section 4 "Please, tell me!" Yoshino-san angrily strode into the room. "'Kind of Person'? We are the future Onee-samas! Better score? Isn't... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Notes , Part , Light Novel , Audition
Yuri Anime: Maria Watches Over Us ~ Printemps, Volumes 3 & 4
2009-03-08 19:58:00 The entire season of Maria Watches Over Us ~ Printemps is, at its core, about endings and beginnings. The end of each school year comes, respected and beloved elders move on to start a new phase of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Anime , Maria-sama ga Miteru , Volumes , Yuri
Yuri News this Week - March 7, 2009
2009-03-07 22:26:00 Really short news report this week, because I've been miserable sick all week. Yuri Manga Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is getting a 4th series, this time in manga. the previous Nanoha manga series... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: News , Week , March
Yuri Manga: Strawberry Shake Sweet, Volume 2
2009-03-06 21:32:00 Strawberry Shake Sweet Volume 2, continues the love comedy of hyperactive upcoming young idol, Tachibana Julia and ditzy upcoming young model, Asakawa Ran. It's Baka x Boke, Idol x Model,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Strawberry , Manga , Yuri
News Brief: Aoi Hana Anime Announced
2009-03-06 15:34:00 Shimura Takako's Aoi Hana manga is being made into an anime. How interesting, don't you think? Like, Hayate x Blade by Hayashiya, and Girl Friends by Morinaga, Aoi Hana is another series by a woman,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: News , Anime
Vampire Princess Miyu Anime, Volume 6
2009-03-05 21:14:00 Volume 6 of Vampire Princess Miyu answers a lot of questions. But it answers those questions in the bizarrest and least logical way, for which I give it a lot of credit. Miyu's past is revealed to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Anime , Volume
Maria-sama ga Miteru Light Novel: Hello Goodbye
2009-03-03 20:53:00 Well. So here we are. Referring to the series that has supplied (indeed, is still suppyling) many hours of entertainment, in the past tense. Like all good fans, I bought Maria -sama ga Miteru :... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Light , Goodbye , Light Novel
Fandom, Fan Delusion and What Fans *Really* Want
2009-03-03 18:33:00 Revolutionary Girl Utena is, in part, about a young girl's complete misinterpretation of everything in her past, and the choices she makes trying to attain an ideal that is based upon a profound... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Fans
Yuri: Manga: Tsubomi, Volume 1
2009-03-02 18:56:00 So, I was on #lililicous@rizon.net, as usual, and Erin, who goes by the title Rosa Chinensis there and elsewhere, and I, as Rosa Foetida, began to chat about Tsubomi, Volume 1. I was going to review... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga , Yuri
This Week in Yuri - February 28, 2009
2009-02-28 16:31:00 Yuri Anime Because Koihime Musou left so many questions unanswered, a second season of anime has been announced. Shin Koihime Musou is bound to have more jiggling boobs, lolis, and Fake Yuri! So,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Week , Yuri , February
Maria-sama ga Miteru DJCD Winter Special 2008
2009-02-28 03:57:00 Please allow me a moment of self-indulgent Loser Fangirlyness. zOMG, this was the most awesome MarimiteDJCD evar!!!!11111 Thank you. In truth, the Maria -sama ga Miteru Winter Special DJCD was, in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: 2008
Hakodate Youjin Buraijou Himegami Manga, Volume 4
2009-02-27 04:27:00 Yesterday I mentioned two types of kitsch. So bad it's good and so good it's bad. But there is actually a third category of good crap. It's "We really don't care what you think or if you like it or... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga , Volume
Tantric Stripfighter Trina Manga, Volume 1
2009-02-24 19:14:00 Every fan of kitsch knows that there are essentially two categories of good crap. The first is the most common - so awful that it's funny. The second is much rarer - purposefully dumb parody by smart... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga , Trina , Volume
Yuri Manga: Hayate x Blade, Volume 9
2009-02-24 00:28:00 Is there any way this series could be more awesome? (Other than by becoming an anime, I mean.) What *I* want from a manga series is women who are growing, becoming stronger, becoming more who they... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga , Blade , Volume , Yuri
Yuri News This Week - February 21, 2009
2009-02-22 04:43:00 Yuri Anime The big news this week (for me, at least,) is that Funimation has licensed the number one and two series on my "I wish someone would license these anime" list. Look for more news about El... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: News , Week , Yuri , February , February 21
Yuri Manga: Papaya Gundan, Volume 2
2009-02-21 00:21:00 Honestly, I was going to review Tsubomi today, but I wiping the floor with myself after this week, so here's something much less like work. Last November, I reviewed Volume 1 of Payapa Gundan, a fun... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga , Papaya , Yuri
News Brief: Funimaton licenses Mnemosyne
2009-02-20 21:21:00 Oh, Funi is getting all my Yuri love this week. I bet they were just jealous of Right Stuf and Media Blasters. lol They have just announced the licensing of RIN: Daughters of Mnemoysne. License... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: News , Licenses
Yuri Manga: Hayate x Blade, Volume 2 (English)
2009-02-20 00:47:00 I know you're waiting for my review of Hayate x Blade Volume 2 in English , but look at it from my point of view. That's like, ancient history for me. lol My heart is in the middle of the (as always)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga , Yuri
News Brief: Funimation licenses El Cazador
2009-02-19 17:59:00 I'm absolutely beside myself with joy. There's only three anime I want to see licensed right now and this was number one on the list. (Blue Drop and Mnemosyne are two and three. I know you're gonna... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: News , Licenses
Murder Princess Anime (Polish/German)
2009-02-19 02:34:00 I have been so crazy busy recently working on Yuri Monogatari 6 that, after hours of staring at the computer, the thought of reviewing something for you makes me want to cry. Which is why it is once... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Murder , Princess , German , Anime , Polish
Kitsune to Atori Manga
2009-02-17 01:07:00 Kitsune to Atori is a freaky little collection of three multi-part stories that have absolutely nothing in common except the creator, Takeda Hinata. The first half of the book, "Kitsune and Atori,"... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Manga
5 Things Niche Companies Do Right
More articles from this author:2009-02-16 02:21:00 In January, I wrote a short article about 5 Things Niche Companies Do Wrong. Things like not planning to suceed, failing to listen to expert advice, etc. Today, I want to present the other half of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://okazu.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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